Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown
(Warning - sidetrack) In what was easily my most unexpected celebrity encounter while I lived in the DC area, JB came to the gym I went to in Silver Spring. We exchanged small talk when I went to use a machine near him, and he was a real pleasant fellow. David On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 09:20:19 AM PDT, Brad Beam wrote: In a case of coincidence, Norah O’Donnell was off last night, so it was left up to tontine-winner James Brown (aka JB) to announce the passing on the CBS Evening News. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2023, at 09:30, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV wrote: The football hero, first in college at Syracuse, then in a record-smashing nine-year NFL career in Cleveland... then a prolific actor, breaking out in The Dirty Dozen but becoming an icon of Blaxploitation films along fellow ex-footballer Fred Williamson... last credited as a version of himself in the drama Draft Day with Kevin Costner in 2014. Thursday in L.A.; 87.https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jim-brown-dead-dirty-dozen-1235619369/ https://www.nfl.com/news/jim-brown-hall-of-fame-rb-browns-legend-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-87 (links)B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/be16ccbb-dab3-4479-b0d8-65fdb49c3857n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8D1DAB3B-4A9B-4B32-962D-1D4A3A0D8B9E%40suddenlink.net. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1662586634.211962.1684627353445%40mail.yahoo.com.
Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown
Actually, it was... https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/AtmL_T2V9Gw/m/2Xxa02akYmIJ (web archive) B Moi, to Brad Beam, May 20th: I reported on the first time I'd seen JB do Evening News, on a weekend IIRC. That probably wasn't the first time he'd been there either... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4bb77bd2-9082-48fc-8c45-b8a52169be7dn%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown
I reported on the first time I'd seen JB do Evening News, on a weekend IIRC. That probably wasn't the first time he'd been there either... B Brad Beam, to moi, May 20th: In a case of coincidence, Norah O’Donnell was off last night, so it was left up to tontine-winner James Brown (aka JB) to announce the passing on the CBS Evening News. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a612d8a3-36e6-4263-a17f-95033082ec18n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Jim Brown
In a case of coincidence, Norah O’Donnell was off last night, so it was left up to tontine-winner James Brown (aka JB) to announce the passing on the CBS Evening News.Sent from my iPhoneOn May 20, 2023, at 09:30, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV wrote:The football hero, first in college at Syracuse, then in a record-smashing nine-year NFL career in Cleveland... then a prolific actor, breaking out in The Dirty Dozen but becoming an icon of Blaxploitation films along fellow ex-footballer Fred Williamson... last credited as a version of himself in the drama Draft Day with Kevin Costner in 2014. Thursday in L.A.; 87.https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jim-brown-dead-dirty-dozen-1235619369/https://www.nfl.com/news/jim-brown-hall-of-fame-rb-browns-legend-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-87 (links)B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/be16ccbb-dab3-4479-b0d8-65fdb49c3857n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8D1DAB3B-4A9B-4B32-962D-1D4A3A0D8B9E%40suddenlink.net.
[TV orNotTV] Original "Joe Schmo" host felt "disrespected" when approached for reboot
Ralph Garman, replaced as host in tbs' revival by Cat Deeley, lamented that he was only asked to do a cameo at some point in the new series, and that producers apparently just jumped into getting him onto the set without consulting his managers... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joe-schmo-show-host-ralph-garman-cameo-reboot-1235496549/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b90d2d4d-599e-45c6-9ddd-3f4d7e86c2f4n%40googlegroups.com.
[TV orNotTV] Cobie Smulders likin' her role in the MCU
The "HIMYM" alum's latest effort as Maria Hill, which she first played in 2012's *The Avengers*, is the coming-to-D!sney+ *Secret Invasion*, where Sam Jackson's Nick Fury leads the battle against infiltrating Skrulls bent on positions of power... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/secret-invasion-cobie-smulders-samuel-l-jackson-1235496602/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/befb19ff-1787-4a63-819a-be8bfea6bda0n%40googlegroups.com.
[TV orNotTV] Re: Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors
David Simon (you've heard of him...) weighs in, angrily, on NPR's *Consider This* podcast... “If that’s where this industry is going, it’s going to infantilize itself... We’re all going to be watching stuff we watched before, only worse.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-writer-david-simon-negative-impact-future-ai-scripts-1235496804/ (link) B Moi, May 14th: No article (there was one recently at Vanity Fair, but it might be paywalled), but a string of thought-provoking tweets from the one and only Justine Bateman, a veteran of guilds and a techie... https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1657476895972413440 (link) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/549eceb4-66ae-49c7-b38d-1f4b68040757n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors
That's potentially in the offing for at least one writer who is also a member of the Guild's negotiating committee... John August (*Big Fish, Aladdin*), whom also heads something called Quote-Unquote Apps, recently became an "advisor" to (and investor in) Sudowrite, which uses an OpenAI platform to help writers produce early drafts, perform revisions and find synonyms and other words to use... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-committee-member-john-august-discloses-a-i-investment-faces-scrutiny-1235496711/ (link) B Tom Wolper, to moi, May 14th: Until someone actually produces an AI generated script and it gets acclaim there’s not much to get excited about. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3981506b-6e34-49e7-92d6-4a1eb71eaff4n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [TV orNotTV] Russia bans US late night talk show hosts
Imagine Licht's surprise when he learns that translation won't be available live... B Mark Jeffries, to Tom Wolper, May 19th: "Tonight on CNN: A Town Hall with Vladimir Putin." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/19339814-e9c0-4e8f-87ce-64a56dc31740n%40googlegroups.com.
